Just a couple of days before the inaugural festivities, The New York Times published some superb investigative reporting by the team of Eric Lipton and Kevin Sack, and their revelations were hard to forget, even at a time of celebration.

The story told us of a pharmaceutical giant called Amgen and three senators so close to it they might be entries on its balance sheet: Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and that powerful committee’s ranking Republican, Orrin Hatch. A trio of perpetrators who treat the United States Treasury as if it were a cash-and-carry annex of corporate America.

Outraged? Dems in bed with R’s?

Get used to it. This is just ONE of the millions of political giveaways, of YOUR cash, and while Amgen was not mentioned by name, they clearly must be happy campers. And oh, here are their political contributions, of course not necessarily intended as political bribes.

But the real question must be: “Why do American voters remain so apathetic?” WHY have we even allowed these three crooked politicians to continue in leadership? Does this country have any standards???

And I watched another talking show on Fox, with a republican lambasting the government for spending money!

Hey, Republican… it’s called “PORK” and you and your Republican colleagues have sucked at the teat and pocketed the cash bribes! As have the Democrat prostitutes! And my congressman — Rep Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) — who rails against spending but has done nothing to avert it.

This Ping Pong game will continue UNTIL our voters get smart. And our politicians are loving every minute of the detachment. ONLY a 100% turnover of both political parties will fix it.

It’s called “diversion.” Gun restrictions, fiscal cliff and the economy, women in combat, abortions and birth control, whatever. ANYTHING but what really matters to the growth of the country: an honest political system!

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On Health Care….

“It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of energy that can
go into a project just to avoid doing the right thing. The best,
simplest, least costly, most effective thing we could do is
expand what has been working so well for years, Medicare.
You get sick, you get care, and the caregiver gets paid.
Nothing could be simpler. But follow the money and you’ll
find why the politicians don’t like it a bit. They get their money from insurance interests.” Jack Lohman

On health care….

"America will always do the right thing, but only after everything else fails." Winston Churchill

On Politicians….

"As a business owner, if I had an employee giving company assets to outsiders in exchange for money on the side, I'd fire him. Perhaps even have him jailed. In any other venue we call it bribery, payola and theft. But in the American political system, we call it freedom of speech. We don't jail them, we re-elect them." Jack Lohman

On Energy….

"Since the Arabic OPEC conspiracy has eliminated all pretense of a capitalistic free market, the U.S. should create its own energy supply with a taxpayer-funded exploration division. Contract it to the lowest private bidder, if need be, but introduce some real competition into the system." Jack Lohman

On Elections….

"Unfortunately our political system has fallen, not to the Republicans or Democrats but to the corporate interests that fund their elections. And that is not going to change in November. The only real solution is a complete turnover at the state and national level. We need voter-initiated term limits." Jack Lohman

On Privatization….

"Privatization is the political preference because private corporations can give campaign contributions and government entities can't. We are paying ten times the dollars for Blackwater, Bechtel and Halliburton to perform the same functions our troops could be performing in Iraq. Why? Because the US Army cannot give campaign contributions. Get the political money out of the system, and if privatization continues because it makes more sense than creating another government bureaucracy, then fine. But if it continues because political cash is flowing, then it likely wasn't needed in the first place." Jack Lohman

On HSA’s ….

"It is well known that most medical expenses come in the later years. What do you think the CEOs of your HSA are going to do when you start needing this more expensive care? They are going to start denying it, just as they are today. That’s why there are no HSAs for the elderly. If you plan to be one of us someday, you best ensure that Medicare remains alive and well." Jack Lohman